Thursday, December 17, 2009

What Causes a Wolf Tone on the Violin?

Many instruments have a wolf tone, they are notoriously bad on most cellos. You can see if an adjustment of the bridge, sound post or tail wire length can correct it. If not there are violin wolf eliminators on the market. Most wolf eliminators will dampen the sound a bit and in many cases will just move the wolf to a different pitch.

If you can manage to play "around" the wolf that would be your best bet.

FYI: 1/4 violins are famous for a wolf tone on the open E string. Now that's a bummer.

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